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AUGUST 25, 1927 The Dollar Lure BOTH success and disaster has marked the Pacific flight from the American coast to Honolulu for the James Dole prizes of ^'5,000 and /2,000. The first prize was won by Mr. A. Goebel and Lieut. Davis, in their monoplane " Woolaraoo," time 26 hrs. 17 mins. 20 sees., and the second by Mr. M. Jensen and Mr. P. Schulter in their monoplane " Aloha." The " Miss Doran " and the " Golden Eagle came down in the sea and nothing has been heard of them since. The missing crews are Miss M. Doran, the school teacher, Mr. A. Pedlar and Lieut. V. R. Knope, and Mr. J. Frost and Mr. G. Scott. The " Dallas Spirit " whose first start failed, set off again later, intending to search for the missing crews on the same flight, but wireless messages from it stated that it was crashing in a tail spin, and since then it, too, has been missing. The vast sea area has been >>*idely swept by seacraft and aircraft, but to no avail. On board the last machine were Capt. Erwin and Mr. A. Eichwaldt. The Air Thief THE unique theft of an aeroplane is reported from the municipal aerodrome at Troy, Ohio, U.S.A. Two unknown airmen flew off in a machine newlv delivered. U.S.A.-New Zealand Flight CAPT. GILES came down in a field near Hobart, Indiana, owing to the petrol supply running short. His machine is a product of the Hess Aircraft Corporation. The Aerial Hearse THE body of Miss Beatrice Nelson, who was killed while climbing the Alps, was brought from Switzerland to Manchester by air. London-India Enquiry AN Imperial Airways director arrived at Constantinople on a mission of enquiry concerning the air route from London to India. An airway passing through Constantinople would shorten the journey by about two days. A British Success at Zurich Meeting AT the International Flying Meeting which has just closed at Zurich, Great Britain managed to score a success. Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, who was the only British representative— and incidentally the only woman pilot and owner-pilot participating—was flying her Avro " Avian II " at the meeting, and on August 17 she succeeded in obtaining third place in the light aeroplane race. She also won the Basle Cup for the greatest speed between St. Gall and Basle. We hope to give further particulars of the Zurich meeting in next week's issue of FLIGHT. Mrs. Eliott-Lynn's " Avian," and a D.H " Moth " piloted by Sq.-Ldr. Darwin, were, we believe the only British machines there. Director of Civil Aviation at Dessau AIR VICE-MARSHAL SIR SEFTON BRANCKER, Director of Civil Aviation, visited Dessau by air on August 22. The Junkers aircraft works are situated there. Civil Aviation " Down Under " THE Federal Government has decided to allocate an additional sum of /200,000 for civil aviation in Australia, bringing the total sum for this object to /315.000. Immediate new services are proposed, one of the first being between Adelaide and Perth. The others will be Camooweal-Darwin : Brisbane-Sydney, and perhaps Melbourne-Tasmania. There is a scheme for bringing the distant parts of the Conimo n- wealth within four days' journey of the capitals of the Eastern States, and to circle the whole country with airways. The Fascist! " Air " Way ITALY is being asked to offer aeroplanes to the State. The popular subscription has been fixed at five lire per head in the provinces. Signor Mussolini, in a letter to the President of the Italian Aero Club, states that such subscriptions for this scheme must be purely spontaneous and no pressure brought to bear on the community. The Podesta of Milan has sent /112 on behalf of the city. U.S.A. Protest against Stunt Flying AERONAUTICAL societies in America are protesting against flying stunts over the Atlantic and Pacific unless the machines are subjected to inspection by Government experts. They state that there is no longer any novelty in these flights, and that the chances of success are not good unless the weather is favourable and the airmen have a continuous run of luck. De Havilland's Magazine THE issue for August is produced in the usual superior style, being well illustrated and informative. There is an interesting article on their fascinating production, the " Tiger-Moth," and an article by Capt. Broad, A.F.C., on its behaviour in flight. The R.A.F. Scandinavian Cruise THE four RAF. flving boats which are touring the Baltic arrived at Copenhagen from Oslo on August 19, about 6 p.m. Sir Samuel Hoare—who was on board one of the machines—was welcomed by Sir Milne Cheetham, the British Minister, and Admiral Rechintzer. A MODERN FAIREY SEAPLANE : Two views of the Fairey III F. seaplane, fitted with a Napier "Lionengine. This machine is the marine version of the III F. land 'plane type, which was employed on the Cairo-Cape-Cairo Flight this year 600
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